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- From: wbennett@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William F Bennett)
- Subject: Re: Problem with Amiback 2.0
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.151021.15922@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:10:21 GMT
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- In article <058H02l01bKM01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> asl00@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Andr
- ew S. Lee) writes:
- >I've recently run into a problem and need some help.
- >My hardware configuration is as follows:
- >
- >Amiga 2000 (5MB)
- >A2091 controller
- >105S Quantum prodrive
- >40S Quantum prodrive
- >Archive Viper 2150s
- >
- >I'm running Amibcak 2.0c and am having lots of trouble finishing a
- >complete, or full, backup. What happens is that the controller will
- >go into a solid lock, with the activity light on continuously, during
- >a backup operation. I've rerun the backups many times with the controller
- >hosed up at different points each time. The rest of the system is fine
- >but anything requiring going to the hard drive just hangs.
- >
- >I've checked all connections and terminators and they all seem fine.
- >Bad tapes don't seem to be the problem as I tried many different ones
- >and still haven't had any success. The only thing I've done recently
- >is to replace my internal floppy with a new one. I'm starting to suspect
- >my controller or tape drive as the culprit. Any suggestions would be
- >highly apprecieated. Thanks.
- >
- >Andy
- >--
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Andrew Lee
- ><asl00@juts.ccc.amdahl.com>
- >(408)746-8561
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Andy,
- I had a similar problem with QB 4.3 and my GVP II controller with
- SyQuest and Seagate Drives. Problem was solved when I disabled the
- Disconnect/Reconnect Option using FastPrep from GVP. I'm not that familiar with
- your equipment but I bet there is a similar option. You may need to search for
- some software that changes the RDB (Rigid Disk Block) that is written to the
- Drive.
- --
- Bill Bennett wbennett@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
-